Hi Erland,
After som inital trouble, I've gotten everything to work together just
fine. It's nice with the ratings working "everywhere" now :-)
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Sounds good, Erland!
I'll btw. try out the iPeng fix tomorrow with the modified cmdwrapper.
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ajmitchell;280026 Wrote:
> From reading this thread, is it best to conclude that TrackStat and
> itunes updater should not be installed together (at the current time)?
They can be used together, but if iTunes Update is installed you will
currently not be able to set TrackStat ratings using the I
>From reading this thread, is it best to conclude that TrackStat and
itunes updater should not be installed together (at the current time)?
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Sune;279094 Wrote:
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> I have one question, though. It seems that when I use iTunes Update and
> TrackStat at the same time, then ratings made on the "now playing"
> screen using keys 1-5, they are passed through to iTunes Update, not
> TrackStat.
>
Does it update the TrackStat ratings if you
Dear Erland,
Your Wiki-page describing how to integrate ratings, iPeng, the
SqueezeBox display, iTunes Update and iTunes is great.
I have one question, though. It seems that when I use iTunes Update and
TrackStat at the same time, then ratings made on the "now playing"
screen using keys 1-5, t
Hi Erland,
Thanks for your patience :-) Seems to be that I had not set the path to
the iTunes XML file.
For future revisions you could as a default assume "default location"
here (that is on a mac "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml")
Thanks - I'll let you know if this helps (or post a l
Sune;277619 Wrote:
> Does this actually happen? I've never seen my ratings getting
> transferred something wrong in my end? Check-mark is there :-)
>
TrackStat will overwrite them, because most people don't want the
iTunes ratings to overwrite any ratings you have set in SqueezeCenter
manual
erland;275348 Wrote:
> SqueezeCenter automatically scans ratings from iTunes and stores them
> intoe the SqueezeCenter database if you have configured and checked the
> "use iTunes" checkbox in "SqueezeCenter Settings/iTunes".
Does this actually happen? I've never seen my ratings getting
transf
k, I see you knew that already. But given the info it seems to me that
while it's not enough info to find the artwork from the XML file it
should be enough to identify it so browsing the whole structure will
allow you to identify to which track in the xml file an artwork
belongs, or am I missing s
Why does the forum show you post as last in the summary and my post in
the page?
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OK, here it is. Including some explanation about the folder structure:
http://www.falsecognate.org/2007/01/deciphering_the_itunes_itc_fil.php
Looks like enough info to write a scanner to me...
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erland;275966 Wrote:
> Not as far as I know.
> I'm not sure how the artwork is stored in iTunes, if it's available in
> the iTunes xml file it should be fairly simple to make a scanning
> module for this.
It's stored in a subdirectory structure similar to the one the SC cache
uses. There's also
> I'm not sure how the artwork is stored in iTunes, if it's available in
> the iTunes xml file it should be fairly simple to make a scanning
> module for this.
iTunes is a pita because they're using a proprietary format. If you want to get
started, take a look at James' iTunes update plugins.
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pippin;275902 Wrote:
> Erland,
>
> there doesn't happen to be an iTunes Artwork import module for
> CustomScan?
Not as far as I know.
I'm not sure how the artwork is stored in iTunes, if it's available in
the iTunes xml file it should be fairly simple to make a scanning
module for this.
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Erland,
there doesn't happen to be an iTunes Artwork import module for
CustomScan?
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James, did you see my note above reg. the installation instructions?
Ignorant as I am when it comes to CPAN, I actually wasted a few hours
not being aware of that requirement about 6 months ago.
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Hmmm...actually that track which I noticed this with DO have artwork,
but it was different from the rest of the records artwork.
When I replaced the artwork with the artwork from the rest of the
songs, then it immediately showed up in the SC interface. So presumably
this could be an issue with th
Sune;275566 Wrote:
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> I've now done some testing. It seems that my rated tracks in iTunes do
> *NOT* show their rating in iPeng when using iTunes Update + TrackStat.
>
I assume you are using Custom Scan as I mentioned in a previous post ?
If you do, how have you configured the Custom Scan sca
Hi again,
I've now done some testing. It seems that my rated tracks in iTunes do
*NOT* show their rating in iPeng when using iTunes Update + TrackStat.
What goes wrong? The rating set using TrackStat in iPeng is transferred
to iTunes w/o problems.
Another strange detail here: The cover art
James;275392 Wrote:
> Erland,
> the commands to *set* ratings are working in iTunesUpdate, as they're
> used for the Jive menu.
>
I just read the code and it looked like the cliSaveRating function only
logged stuff but never actually changed the rating, but I guess I must
have missed something
erland;275385 Wrote:
>
> The TrackStat plugin provides the CLI/JSON commands you are using, the
> iTunes Update doesn't provide any similar commands yet. However, there
> seems to be some half finished code in iTunes Update that does similar
> things, only for setting the ratings though, not for
pippin;275360 Wrote:
> If I find out how to change ratings without TrackStat I will probably
> add that functionality to iPeng, too.
At the moment you would need either TrackStat or iTunes Update plugin
to change ratings in SqueezeCenter, there is currently no functionality
in SqueezeCenter itsel
Sune;275339 Wrote:
>
> Now, the issue at hand is that I wish to rate from iPeng. As far as I
> know i will then have to use TrackStat.
>
If I find out how to change ratings without TrackStat I will probably
add that functionality to iPeng, too.
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Sune;275339 Wrote:
>
> Now, I need the ratings from iTunes transferred to the SqueezeCenter,
> so that they are available for TrackStat used under iPeng. I will
> almost never change the ratings in iTunes, though, and if I do it's ok
> if it takes a day or two (untill the next rescan) before the
This was an impressively detailed answer!
Now, the issue at hand is that I wish to rate from iPeng. As far as I
know i will then have to use TrackStat.
I currently have 2) and 3) installed. This seems to make it possible to
rate on iPeng and have the data transferred to iTunes (I am working on
Sune;275304 Wrote:
>
> Is this to be expected - that ratings made in iTunes cannot be seen in
> TrackStat? Or have I configured something wrong?
>
Yes, it is expected, the different plugins provide the following
functionality.
1. iTunes Integration in SqueezeCenter:
- Copies rating from iTun
Hi all,
I have now done a bit more research, and I've run into a potential
issue:
- Rating Data from TrackStat seems to be transferred to iTunes once in
a while.
- Ratings already made in iTunes are shown in iTunes Update but not in
TrackStat
Is this to be expected - that ratings made in iTu
A few quick answers:
Setup:
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Headless server: Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PPC, Mac OS X 10.5.2, 512 MB RAM
(cannot be expanded easily), SC 7 beta "as of today".
Headless, DJ'ing & iTunes:
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Current setup is a bit clumsy: What I do is that I run all software on
the SB server and t
Sune;274782 Wrote:
>
> Only thing that does not work is that the combination of iTunes Update
> / CustomBrowse / TrackStat seems to be capable of slowing my server to
> a grinding halt, resulting in jerking music from a server that is
> connected directly to the SB via Ethernet. Not nice!
>
Wou
So you've got a headless computer with iTunes on it? Win or Mac? Do you
export the iTunes database from there and import it on your MacBook?
Or do you use a separate DAAP server on your headless system?
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Hi there,
A small note here: There is an active mode for iTunes Update which
sends the info back to iTunes. This seems to work fine.
Only thing that does not work is that the combination of iTunes Update
/ CustomBrowse / TrackStat seems to be capable of slowing my server to
a grinding halt, re
Sune;274748 Wrote:
>
> and it seems to work (have to experiment more to confirm that ratings
> works two-way)...but it also seems that my system is slowed a lot by
> this.
>
My experience says: that's iTunes Update (but my experience is PC only.
And the reason there clearly is iTunes (as I can
getting trackstat to work with itunes on a mac has been a problematic
situation. here's a thread that shows how to get it to work but it
seems like more work than it's worth at the moment. perhaps down the
road the integration will be simpler for osx.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php
Hi all,
Could be that this is in the TrackStat documentation, but I am a bit
confused, so better ask:
I'd like to
a) Rate my music from my SqueezeBox (e.g. through iPeng..or directly on
the Box)
b) Have these ratings added to my iTunes library automactically
c) Have all ratings from my iTune
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